Recap of Lesson 1:

1. Units
It is vitally important that you use the right units for the quantity that
you are referring to.
2. Base and derived quantities:
 5 base quantities (length, mass, time, temperature & current)
 Derived quantities: combination of base quantities by multiplication
or division
3. Equations/Formula
 Very important to remember the equations, and to use them
correctly
 Final answer must have unit and given to 2 or 3 significant figures
 Recap of Lesson 2:
1. Measuring instruments are used to get results for an experiment.
1. Eg: metre rule, thermometer, electronic scale, measuring cylinder
2. Length is measured using:

3. Time is measured using:

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Starter 1 Go around your house
and pickup 10 object
Have a guess as to
whether each of the
Draw a table as below
and write down the
about the size of your following objects will name of object and
fist or smaller float or sink in water. your prediction.

Object Prediction Actual

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Starter 2 Now get a bowl or a
bucket of water.
Then, check whether
your predictions are
Complete the table

Make sure paper true by placing the

towel to wipe out the objects in water.
mess

Object Prediction Actual

What can we learn
from this activity?
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(Mass and Density)
 
LO: Determining density of a regular-shaped object
SC:
Must – Measure mass of an object using an electronic balance
Should – Recall and use the equation density =
Could – Carry out an experiment to determine density of a regular-
shaped object
 Density
The ‘floatability’ of an object is based on its DENSITY.
Density can be described as the degree of
compactness of a substance.
 Mass
Mass is the amount of
material that a body contains.
It is measured using a beam
balance.
SI unit = kg
 Density
 
Density can be calculated by dividing its mass by its volume.

In other words,
 Practical activity 1 : Density of water

In pairs, discuss on the steps you will take to determine the

density of water.
Remember the formula
  𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠
𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 =
𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒

Think of how you will get the measurement.

What apparatus will you use?
You will find that the density of
water is 1.0 g/cm3
In conclusion:
It floats if its density is less
than 1.0 g/cm3
It sinks if its density if more
than 1.0 g/cm3

Can you guess the density of

your object?
 What is meant by relative density?
Ratio of density of an object to the
density of a fluid (water)
Relative density = Density of object
Density of water
Water has a
Substance
Density density of
(g/cm3) 1 g/cm3
Wood 0.75
Ice 0.92
Water 1.00
Aluminium 2.70
Copper 8.90
Lead 11.4
 Volume and Density Volume of a regular solid

Length Radius

Height
Height

Width

Volume of rectangular
block = Volume of a cylinder
length x width x height = π x radius2 x height
1. What is the density of a block of steel if
Calculating density
it has a mass of 9360 g and a volume of
1200cm3?

2. What is the mass of a block of gold if it 3. What is the volume of a block of ice if it
has a density of 19.3 g/cm3 and a volume of has a density of 0.92 g/cm3 and a mass of
540 cm3? 12 462 g?
 Calculating density
1. What is the density of a block of steel
if it has a mass of 9,360g and a volume of
1,200cm3?
m

V
= 9 360 = 7.8 g/cm3
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2. What is the mass of a block of gold if 3. What is the volume of a block of ice if
it has a density of 19.3 g/cm3 and a it has a density of 0.92 g/cm3 and a mass
volume of 540 cm3? of 12,462g?

m = 540 x 19.3 = 10,422g V = 12 462 = 13,546cm3

0.92
Practical Activity 2 :
Density of regular shaped object
Design an experiment how to find the density of regular
shaped object and turned in as assignment
Pick one of the object you have.